Displaying items by tag: Waste Heat Recovery

Pakistan: Cherat Cement has announced plants to build a third production line at its plant at Nowshera in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The new line will have a cement production capacity of 7100t/day, according to the Express Tribune newspaper. The upgrade will increase the company’s production capacity to 4.5Mt/yr.

The cement producer opened at second production line at the site in late 2016. It is also planning to build a waste heat recovery unit.

UAE: Union Cement’s waste heat recovery project has been recognised by the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (DCCE) for reducing CO₂ emissions in Dubai in 2016. Local projects under the emirate’s Carbon Abatement Strategy achieved an emissions reduction of 419,500t of CO₂ in 2016 saving nearly US$1.4m, according to comments made by DCCE to the Gulf Today newspaper. Other projects that contributed to the saving included the Dubai 13MW Photovoltaic Plant and Dewa Energy Efficient Chillers. The DCCE promotes Dubai’s transition to a low-CO₂ green economy and is responsible for monitoring the levels of CO₂ emissions in the Emirate.

Indonesia: Semen Indonesia has prepared US$449m to be spent on capital expansion upgrades in 2017 to support government infrastructure targets. The plan includes four cement plants with a total production capacity of 10.5Mt/yr, according to the Jakarta Post. The Rembang plant in Central Java and the Indarung VI plant in Padang, West Sumatra are in the final stages of construction. New plants in Aceh and Kupang are also being planned for completion in 2019 and 2020 respectively, although these projects will require additional funding. The cement producer is also planning to build two packaging plants in Bengkulu and Maluku and a 30MW waste heat power plant at its plant in Tuban, East Java.

Company corporate secretary Agung Wiharto added that Semen Indonesia has forecast a 5% rise in demand for cement in 2017 to 70Mt. This is mainly due to government plans to boost infrastructure development across the country.

Pakistan: Sinoma Energy Conservation Company has signed an agreement with Fauji Cement to install a 7.6MW waste heat recovery (WHR) plant. The agreement was signed by Sardar Mahmood Ali Khan, Director-General of Fauji Cement and officials of Sinoma in Rawalpindi, according to the Nation newspaper. The power plant will be installed by the end of the first quarter of 2018. Once the project is complete the cement producer will be able to produce 80% of electricity requirements from captive sources. Previously Fauji Cement installed a 12MW WHR plant in early 2015.

India: UltraTech’s net profit has risen by 8% year-on-year to US$479m for its financial year that ended on 31 March 2016 from US$449m in the same period in the previous financial year. Its net sales rose by 5% to US$3.8bn from US$3.6bn. It reported that its portland cement sales volumes grew by 8% to 46.9Mt in the 2015 – 2016 financial year from 43.4Mt. It noted that its operating costs fell due to improved operational efficiency, a better fuel mix and a fall in fuel prices.

The Indian cement producer commissioned a 6MW waste heat recovery (WHR) system at Chittorgarh, Rajasthan during the January to March 2016 quarter. Overall, it generates 59MW from WHR. Since commissioning cement grinding plants at Jhajjar, West Bengal and Patliputra, Bihar the company’s cement production capacity is 66.3Mt/yr. It also signed a Memorandum of Understanding to buy cement plants from Jaiprakash Associates in late February 2016. The cement plants altogether have a total cement production capacity of 22.4Mt/yr.

In its outlook UltraTech expects cement demand to grow by up to 8% in the 2016 – 2017 financial year. This will be supported by government infrastructure and housing development.

China: Tibet Tianlu has signed a contract worth US$154m to build an integrated cement plant in Lhasa, Tibet. The civil engineering company said in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange that it will build the 4000t/day plant in partnership with the Tibetan Building Materials Company. The scope of contract includes building the production line, from limestone crushers to finished cement and auxiliary production facilities. The project will also include a waste heat recovery and flue gas denitrification systems. Construction is due to start in April 2016 with completion scheduled for September 2017.

Vietnam: Only four cement producers have built waste heat recovery (WHR) systems by the end of 2015 despite a request by the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Holcim, Chinfon, Ha Tien and Cong Thanh are the only companies to have built the upgrades. The delay has been blamed on the high cost of implementing WHR systems and the market’s poor sales.

According to Nguyen Hoang Cau, secretary general of the Vietnam Cement Association, there are more than 40 cement production lines in the country subject to the requirement. These also include foreign cement producers such as Taiwanese-backed Phuc Son Cement, Hong Kong’s Luks Cement Vietnam Limited, and Japanese-funded Nghi Son Cement. Cement producers have complained to local press about their inability to build WHR systems without financial help.

Pakistan: Lucky Cement has reported a 11.7% year-on-year rise in its net profit to US$60m in the half-year that finished on 31 December 2015. Its net sales revenue rose by 2% year-on-year to US$209m from US$204m. It attributed the rise to an increase in sales volumes.

Local sales volumes for the company for the period increased by 19.7% to 2.42Mt from 2.02Mt. However, export sales volumes fell by 27% to 0.9Mt from 1.23Mt.

Lucky Cement has also decided to set up another 10MW waste heat recovery (WHR) plant at its Pezu Plant, which is expected to be completed by December 2016. The company additionally reported on progress at other projects, including an integrated cement plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a 660MW coal-based power project, a 50MW wind farm and an electricity supply to Pesco and a WHR unit at the Pezu power plant.

Pakistan: Bestway Cement has reported that its profit after tax has risen by 47% year-on-year to US$54.4m from July to December 2015 from US$372m in the same period in 2014. Its revenue rose by 45.5% to US$201m from US$138m. It attributed the growth to the acquisition of Pakcem, an increase in domestic demand and stable prices during the period.

Domestic sales volumes for the company increased by 47% to 3.1Mt from 2.1Mt. It reported that overall dispatches by the Pakistan cement industry increased by 6.3% to 18.2Mt from 17.1Mt. Overall exports dropped by 26% to 3Mt from 4.1Mt. Bestway reported that it maintained its market share in the north of Pakistan and retained its position as the largest exporter of cement to Afghanistan and India, despite fierce competition.

Work on Bestway Cement’s 12MW waste heat recovery plant at Pakcem Kallar Kahar progressed during the period. The upgrade project is expected to cost US$15m.

India: HeidelbergCement India has successfully commissioned a waste heat recovery unit at its Narsingarh cement plant in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh. The new power plant will use waste heat generated by the clinker lines at the plant. It will be able to generate up to 12MW of power from this source.